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Smartbuy 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 64.4% (747th of 1072)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: mSata Smartbuy 128GB
Poor: 35%Average: 64.4% Great: 87%

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Above average average bench

The Msata Smartbuy 128GB averaged 35.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.1MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 71MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Msata Smartbuy 128GB is 52.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Msata Smartbuy 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 190MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 15.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 74764.4%
Min Avg Max
235 Read 418 502
47.8 Write 289 439
51.5 Mixed 305 484
15.8 SusWrite 190 404
67.1% 300 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 25.1 38.7
15.2 4K Write 48.1 86.2
1.4 4K Mixed 15.8 35.8
83.7% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.5 DQ Read 192 337
27.4 DQ Write 178 333
1.28 DQ Mixed 71 200
84.5% 147 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 314 289 348 321 240 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 364
Write 307
Mixed 298
SusWrite 296
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 46.5
4K Mixed 21.3
92% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 196
175% 263 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 329 346 277 342 362 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 344
Write 301
Mixed 282
SusWrite 326
71% 313 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 34.5
4K Mixed 19.9
74% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 193
172% 257 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 127 136 133 140 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 371
Write 138
Mixed 174
SusWrite 127
45% 203 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 14.7
69% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 93.3
DQ Write 82.6
DQ Mixed 12
30% 62.6 MB/s
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 52 44 71 69 MB/s
35.7% Below average
Read 310
Write 117
Mixed 141
SusWrite 59.5
34% 157 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 28.7
4K Mixed 9.8
54% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 97
DQ Write 74.4
DQ Mixed 8.9
28% 60.1 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 75 38 36 34 21 MB/s
19.6% Very poor
Read 235
Write 314
Mixed 273
SusWrite 57.2
50% 220 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 16.4
4K Mixed 1.4
11% 6.07 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 53
DQ Mixed 14.3
28% 58.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-175A

CPU
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples113x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples68x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples65x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples194x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples45x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples20x
SSD
Smartbuy 128GBMsataBench 64%, 37 samples1x
RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples39x
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,484 samples23x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples19x
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